Disclosure of Invention
The invention aims to solve the technical problems in the prior art and provide a high-heat-conductivity cast aluminum-silicon alloy which has good casting performance and heat treatment performance and also has high heat conductivity.
The invention also aims to provide a preparation method of the cast aluminum-silicon alloy with high heat conductivity.
In order to achieve the purpose, the invention adopts the following technical scheme: a cast aluminum-silicon alloy with high heat conductivity is composed of the following elements by weight percent: 3.3 to 5.5 percent of Si, 0.1 to 0.40 percent of Cu, 0.26 to 0.70 percent of Mg, 0.04 to 0.1 percent of Zn, and the weight ratio of Ti: 0.05% -0.2%, B: 0.05-0.2 percent, the sum of other impurities is not more than 0.02 percent, and the balance is Al.
A preparation method of cast aluminum-silicon alloy with high heat conductivity comprises the following steps:
1) drying: pure aluminum ingots, Al-Si intermediate alloys, Al-Cu intermediate alloys, magnesium ingots, zinc ingots and aluminum-titanium-boron refiners are selected as raw materials according to the element composition, and the raw materials are dried;
2) smelting: firstly, melting a pure aluminum ingot, adding an Al-Si intermediate alloy when the temperature of the pure aluminum liquid reaches 850-900 ℃, adding the Al-Si intermediate alloy after the Al-Si intermediate alloy is completely melted, standing for 15-20min after the Al-Cu intermediate alloy is completely melted, adding a magnesium ingot after standing, adding a zinc ingot after the magnesium ingot is completely melted, and standing to obtain an alloy melt after the zinc ingot is completely melted;
3) alloying: when the temperature of the alloy melt is reduced to 720-750 ℃, adding an aluminum-titanium-boron refiner into the alloy melt, fully stirring, then removing slag by using hexachloroethane, and pouring when the temperature of the alloy melt is reduced to 710-720 ℃ to obtain cast aluminum-silicon alloy;
4) and (3) heat treatment: and carrying out solid solution treatment on the cast aluminum-silicon alloy, and carrying out quenching treatment on the cast aluminum-silicon alloy after solid solution treatment to obtain the cast aluminum-silicon alloy with high heat conductivity.
Further, in the step 1), drying treatment is carried out on each raw material under the temperature condition of 100 ℃.
Further, the purities of the pure aluminum ingot, the magnesium ingot and the zinc ingot in the step 1) are all more than 99.5%.
Further, a well-type crucible resistance furnace is adopted for smelting in the step 2).
Further, the deslagging time in the step 3) is 5-10 min.
Further, the casting in the step 3) is poured into a metal mold with the preheating temperature of 200 ℃.
Further, the solid solution temperature in the step 4) is 500-540 ℃, and the solid solution time is 8 hours.
Further, the sample after solid solution in the step 4) is quenched in warm water at 33-37 ℃, and the quenching time is less than 10 s.
Compared with the prior art, the invention has the following beneficial effects:
1. according to the invention, silicon in the composition of the high-heat-conductivity cast aluminum-silicon alloy can be used as an alloy element to improve the casting performance and the mechanical property of the alloy, but with the increase of the content of the silicon element, the excessive silicon element is dissolved in an aluminum matrix on one hand, and forms a coarse beta phase with aluminum on the other hand, so that the heat conductivity of the aluminum alloy is reduced, the heat conductivity is reduced, and the silicon element is found to be controlled within the range of 3.3-5.5% through system research and comparison of the alloy components. Copper and magnesium as alloy elements can be combined with silicon to realize aging strengthening to respectively form Al2Cu、Mg2The Si strengthening phase, however, is dissolved into the aluminum matrix in an increased amount with the increase of the contents of copper and magnesium, causing an increase in the degree of lattice distortion and a decrease in thermal conductivity, so that the contents of Cu and Mg should be limited within the range of 0.10% to 0.40% Cu and 0.26% to 0.70% Mg by systematic study of alloy components and comparison in order to achieve the best combination of mechanical properties and thermal conductivity. The addition of zinc can improve the fluidity and castability of the aluminum alloy, increase the strength and corrosion resistance of the alloy, and form eta (MgZn) when zinc and magnesium coexist2) And T (Al)2Mg2Zn3) The phases eta and T have high solubility in Al, so that an aluminum matrix has serious lattice distortion, the regularity of an ionic electric field is damaged, the resistance of moving electrons is increased, the mean free path of the electrons is increased, and finally the thermal conductivity is reduced, so that on the basis of ensuring the fluidity of the alloy, the systematic research on the alloy components and the content of the comparative zinc are limited within the range of 0.04-0.1 percent of Zn. The elements are effectively combined through specific process steps under the condition of specific alloy component proportion, the cast aluminum-silicon alloy with the thermal conductivity of 172-. The cast aluminum-silicon alloy with high heat conductivity prepared by the invention has important application value, can be widely applied to the fields of automobiles, communication and electronic equipment, and can also be applied to heat conduction devices, heat dissipation shells and the like, and the excellent heat transfer efficiency can promote the effective utilization of energy and reduce energy consumption.
2. According to the invention, when the high-heat-conductivity cast aluminum-silicon alloy is prepared, raw materials are selected according to element compositions, and then the high-heat-conductivity cast aluminum-silicon alloy is obtained after drying, smelting, alloying and heat treatment, wherein each step has a strict logic relationship, and specific process parameters are set in each step. By contrast, the alloy prepared by the traditional casting method has casting defects, and the method for carrying out special heat treatment after smelting and alloying can eliminate dendrite segregation and the like in an as-cast structure, improve the regularity of an ionic electric field, reduce the mean free path in the process of electron movement and improve the heat conductivity. According to the invention, through a great deal of research on the influence trend of the solid solution temperature on the thermal conductivity of the alloy, the optimal solid solution temperature and solid solution time, quenching temperature and quenching time under the conditions of better thermal conductivity and mechanical property are creatively obtained.
Detailed Description
The present invention will be further described with reference to the following specific examples.
Example 1
A cast aluminum-silicon alloy with high heat conductivity is composed of the following elements by weight percent: 3.3% of Si, 0.10% of Cu, 0.26% of Mg, 0.08% of Zn, Ti: 0.05%, B: 0.2 percent, the sum of other impurities is not more than 0.02 percent, and the balance is Al.
The preparation method of the cast aluminum-silicon alloy with high heat conductivity comprises the following steps:
1) drying: according to the element composition, selecting pure aluminum ingots with the purity of more than 99.5 percent, Al-Si intermediate alloys, Al-Cu intermediate alloys, magnesium ingots with the purity of more than 99.5 percent, zinc ingots with the purity of more than 99.5 percent and aluminum-titanium-boron refiner as raw materials, and drying the raw materials at the temperature of 100 ℃;
2) smelting: melting a pure aluminum ingot by using a well-type crucible resistance furnace, adding an Al-Si intermediate alloy when the temperature of the pure aluminum liquid reaches 900 ℃, adding the Al-Cu intermediate alloy after the Al-Si intermediate alloy is completely melted, standing for 15-20min after the Al-Cu intermediate alloy is completely melted, adding a magnesium ingot after the magnesium ingot is standing, adding a zinc ingot after the magnesium ingot is completely melted, and standing to obtain an alloy melt after the zinc ingot is completely melted;
3) alloying: when the temperature of the alloy melt is reduced to 750 ℃, adding an aluminum-titanium-boron refiner into the alloy melt, wherein the adding amount of the aluminum-titanium-boron refiner is 0.3 percent of the total weight of the alloy melt, fully stirring, then removing slag by using hexachloroethane for 5min, pouring into a metal mold with the preheating temperature of 200 ℃ when the temperature of the alloy melt is reduced to 720 ℃ for pouring, and obtaining cast aluminum-silicon alloy;
4) and (3) heat treatment: and (3) carrying out solid solution treatment on the cast aluminum-silicon alloy, wherein the solid solution temperature is 500 ℃, the solid solution time is 8 hours, and the cast aluminum-silicon alloy after solid solution is quenched in warm water at 33 ℃, and the quenching time is less than 10 s.
Example 2
A cast aluminum-silicon alloy with high heat conductivity is composed of the following elements by weight percent: 3.9% of Si, 0.3% of Cu, 0.38% of Mg, 0.04% of Zn, Ti: 0.12%, B: 0.12 percent, the sum of other impurities is not more than 0.02 percent, and the balance is Al.
The preparation method of the cast aluminum-silicon alloy with high heat conductivity comprises the following steps:
1) drying: according to the element composition, selecting pure aluminum ingots with the purity of more than 99.5 percent, Al-Si intermediate alloys, Al-Cu intermediate alloys, magnesium ingots with the purity of more than 99.5 percent, zinc ingots with the purity of more than 99.5 percent and aluminum-titanium-boron refiner as raw materials, and drying the raw materials at the temperature of 100 ℃;
2) smelting: melting a pure aluminum ingot by using a well-type crucible resistance furnace, adding an Al-Si intermediate alloy when the temperature of the pure aluminum liquid reaches 850 ℃, adding an Al-Cu intermediate alloy after the Al-Si intermediate alloy is completely melted, standing for 15-20min after the Al-Cu intermediate alloy is completely melted, adding a magnesium ingot after the magnesium ingot is completely melted, adding a zinc ingot after the zinc ingot is completely melted, and standing to obtain an alloy melt;
3) alloying: when the temperature of the alloy melt is reduced to 735 ℃, adding an aluminum-titanium-boron refiner into the alloy melt, wherein the adding amount of the aluminum-titanium-boron refiner is 0.3 percent of the total weight of the alloy melt, fully stirring, then removing slag by using hexachloroethane for 8min, pouring into a metal mold with the preheating temperature of 200 ℃ when the temperature of the alloy melt is reduced to 715 ℃, and pouring to obtain cast aluminum-silicon alloy;
4) and (3) heat treatment: and (3) carrying out solid solution treatment on the cast aluminum-silicon alloy, wherein the solid solution temperature is 520 ℃, the solid solution time is 8 hours, and the cast aluminum-silicon alloy after solid solution is quenched in warm water at 35 ℃, and the quenching time is less than 10 s.
Example 3
A cast aluminum-silicon alloy with high heat conductivity is composed of the following elements by weight percent: 5.5% of Si, 0.4% of Cu, 0.70% of Mg, 0.1% of Zn, Ti: 0.2%, B: 0.05 percent, the sum of other impurities is not more than 0.02 percent, and the balance is Al.
The preparation method of the cast aluminum-silicon alloy with high heat conductivity comprises the following steps:
1) drying: according to the element composition, selecting pure aluminum ingots with the purity of more than 99.5 percent, Al-Si intermediate alloys, Al-Cu intermediate alloys, magnesium ingots with the purity of more than 99.5 percent, zinc ingots with the purity of more than 99.5 percent and aluminum-titanium-boron refiner as raw materials, and drying the raw materials at the temperature of 100 ℃;
2) smelting: melting a pure aluminum ingot by using a well-type crucible resistance furnace, adding an Al-Si intermediate alloy when the temperature of the pure aluminum liquid reaches 880 ℃, adding the Al-Cu intermediate alloy after the Al-Si intermediate alloy is completely melted, standing for 15-20min after the Al-Cu intermediate alloy is completely melted, adding a magnesium ingot after the magnesium ingot is completely melted, adding a zinc ingot after the zinc ingot is completely melted, and standing to obtain an alloy melt;
3) alloying: when the alloy melt is cooled to 720 ℃, adding an aluminum-titanium-boron refiner into the alloy melt, wherein the adding amount of the aluminum-titanium-boron refiner is 0.3 percent of the total weight of the alloy melt, fully stirring, then removing slag by using hexachloroethane for 10min, pouring into a metal mold with the preheating temperature of 200 ℃ when the temperature of the alloy melt is 710 ℃ for pouring, and obtaining cast aluminum-silicon alloy;
4) and (3) heat treatment: and (3) carrying out solid solution treatment on the cast aluminum-silicon alloy, wherein the solid solution temperature is 540 ℃, the solid solution time is 8 hours, and the cast aluminum-silicon alloy after solid solution is quenched in warm water at 37 ℃, and the quenching time is less than 10 s.
Comparative experiment 1
Comparative example 1 cast aluminum-silicon alloy A was prepared in the same manner as in example 1, but without solution treatment0。
Comparative experiment 2: influence of alloy element Si on heat conductivity and mechanical property of cast aluminum-silicon alloy
The preparation method in comparative test 2 is the same as that in examples 1, 2 and 3 (the cast aluminum-silicon alloy is subjected to solution treatment at 500 ℃, 520 ℃ and 540 ℃ respectively for 8 hours, and the cast aluminum-silicon alloy after solution treatment is subjected to quenching treatment in warm water at 33 ℃, 35 ℃ and 37 ℃ respectively for less than 10 s), but the contents of the alloy elements are different and the cast aluminum-silicon alloy consists of the following elements in percentage by weight: 2.5%, 3.3%, 5.5%, 6%, 0.10% of Cu, 0.26% of Mg, 0.08% of Zn, Ti: 0.05%, B: 0.2 percent, the sum of other impurities is not more than 0.02 percent, and the balance is Al.
Comparative experiment 3: influence of alloy element Cu on heat conductivity and mechanical property of cast aluminum-silicon alloy
The preparation method in comparative test 3 is the same as that in examples 1, 2 and 3 (the cast aluminum-silicon alloy is subjected to solution treatment at 500 ℃, 520 ℃ and 540 ℃ respectively for 8 hours, and the cast aluminum-silicon alloy after solution treatment is quenched in warm water at 33 ℃, 35 ℃ and 37 ℃ for less than 10 seconds), but the contents of the alloy elements are different and the cast aluminum-silicon alloy consists of the following elements in percentage by weight: 3.3% of Si, 0% of Cu, 0.1%, 0.4%, 0.5%, 0.6%, 0.26% of Mg, 0.08% of Zn, Ti: 0.05%, B: 0.2 percent, the sum of other impurities is not more than 0.02 percent, and the balance is Al.
Comparative experiment 4: influence of alloy element Mg on heat conductivity and mechanical property of cast aluminum-silicon alloy
The preparation method in comparative test 4 is the same as that in examples 1, 2 and 3 (the cast aluminum-silicon alloy is subjected to solution treatment at 500 ℃, 520 ℃ and 540 ℃ respectively for 8 hours, and the cast aluminum-silicon alloy after solution treatment is quenched in warm water at 33 ℃, 35 ℃ and 37 ℃ for less than 10 seconds), but the alloy elements have different contents and consist of the following elements in percentage by weight: 3.3% of Si, 0.10% of Cu, 0.1% of Mg, 0.26% of Mg, 0.7% of Mg, 0.8% of Zn, 0.08% of Ti: 0.05%, B: 0.2 percent, the sum of other impurities is not more than 0.02 percent, and the balance is Al.
Comparative experiment 5: influence of alloy element Zn on heat conductivity and mechanical property of cast aluminum-silicon alloy
The preparation method in comparative test 5 is the same as in examples 1, 2 and 3 respectively, (the cast aluminum-silicon alloy is subjected to solution treatment at 500 ℃, 520 ℃ and 540 ℃ respectively for 8 hours, and the cast aluminum-silicon alloy after solution treatment is subjected to quenching treatment in warm water at 33 ℃, 35 ℃ and 37 ℃ respectively for less than 10 seconds), but the contents of the alloy elements are different and the cast aluminum-silicon alloy consists of the following elements in percentage by weight: 3.3% of Si, 0.10% of Cu, 0.26% of Mg, 0.02% of Zn, 0.04% of Zn, 0.1% of Zn, 0.2% of Ti: 0.05%, B: 0.2 percent, the sum of other impurities is not more than 0.02 percent, and the balance is Al.
The specific alloy contents of comparative tests 2-5 are shown in Table 1.
TABLE 1 COMPARATIVE TEST 2-5 SPECIFIC ALLOY CONTENT (Wt.%)
The cast aluminium-silicon alloys obtained in the examples and comparative examples were further tested for their properties as follows:
mechanical properties and thermal conductivity:
the cast aluminum-silicon alloys prepared in examples 1 to 3 and the cast aluminum-silicon alloys prepared in comparative experiments 1 to 5 were subjected to room temperature tensile tests (tensile strength and elongation) and thermal conductivity tests (Φ 12.7mm × 5 mm) using samples prepared in accordance with the GB requirements, and the test results are shown in tables 2 to 6.
TABLE 2 cast Al-Si alloys for examples 1-3 and comparative experiment 1
Table 3 comparative test 2 cast aluminium-silicon alloy performance table
TABLE 4 COMPARATIVE TEST 3 CAST ALUMINIUM-SILICON ALLOY PERFORMANCE TABLE
TABLE 5 COMPARATIVE TEST 4 TABLES FOR PERFORMANCE OF CAST ALUMINIUM-SILICON ALLOY
TABLE 6 COMPARATIVE TEST 5 TABLES FOR PERFORMANCE OF CAST ALUMINIUM-SILICON ALLOY
According to the data in the table 2, the thermal conductivity of the high thermal conductivity cast aluminum-silicon alloy of the present invention can reach 172W/(m ∙ k) or more, and can reach 190W/(m ∙ k) at most, and the tensile strength can reach 234.39 MPa or more, and can reach 255.74MPa at most. While the Al-Si alloy in the cast state of comparative example 1 has a thermal conductivity of only 153W/(m ∙ k) and a tensile strength of 188.35 MPa. It can be seen from comparative examples 2 to 5 that the best combination of thermal conductivity and mechanical properties is not achieved when the alloying elements exceed a certain range, but the best combination of thermal conductivity and mechanical properties is achieved only when the contents of Si are 3.3 to 5.5%, Cu is 0.1 to 0.40%, Mg is 0.26 to 0.70%, and Zn is 0.04 to 0.1%. Therefore, when the alloy elements in the cast aluminum-silicon alloy are in a specific range, the thermal conductivity of the invention is obviously improved after heat treatment; in addition, the invention ensures relatively high mechanical property on the premise of ensuring high thermal conductivity of the cast Al-Si alloy, and greatly expands the industrial application range.